540/128. 8. Uruvelakassapattherāpadānavaṇṇanā

aṭṭhamāpadāne padumuttaro nāma jinotiādikaṃ āyasmato uruvelakassapat- therassa apadānaṃ. Ayampi purimabuddhesu katādhikāro tattha tattha bhave vivaṭṭūpanissayāni puññāni upacinanto padumuttarassa bhagavato kāle kulagehe nibbatto vayappatto satthu santike dhammaṃ sutvā satthāraṃ ekaṃ bhikkhuṃ mahāparivārānaṃ aggaṭṭhāne ṭhapentaṃ disvā sayampi taṃ ṭhānantaraṃ patthento mahādānaṃ datvā paṇidhānaṃ akāsi. Bhagavā cassa anantarāyataṃ disvā "anāgate gotamabuddhassa sāsane mahāparivārānaṃ aggo bhavissatī"ti byākāsi. So tattha yāvatāyukaṃ puññāni katvā tato cavitvā devamanussesu saṃsaranto ito dvenavutikappamatthake phussassa bhagavato vemātikakaniṭṭhabhātā hutvā nibbatto, aññepissa dve kaniṭṭhabhātaro ahesuṃ. Te tayo buddhappamukhaṃ bhikkhusaṃghaṃ nimantetvā paramāya pūjāya pūjetvā yāvajīvaṃ kusalaṃ katvā devamanussesu

Saṃsaranto amhākaṃ bhagavato uppattito puretarameva bārāṇasiyaṃ brāhmaṇakule tayo bhātaro hutvā nibbattā gottavasena tayopi kassapāti evaṃnāmakā ahesuṃ. Te tayo vayappattā vede uggaṇhiṃsu. Tesaṃ jeṭṭhabhātikassa pañcamāṇavakasatāni parivārā, majjhimassa tīṇi, kaniṭṭhassa dve, te attano ganthesu sāraṃ olokentā diṭṭhadhammikameva atthaṃ disvā pabbajjaṃ rocesuṃ. Tesu jeṭṭhabhātā attano parivārena saddhiṃ uruvelaṃ gantvā isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā uruvelakassapo nāma jāto, majjhimo gaṅgānadīvaṅke pabbajito nadīkassapo nāma jāto, kaniṭṭho gayāsīse pabbajito gayākassapo nāma jāto. Evaṃ tesu isipabbajjaṃ pabbajitvā tattha tattha vasantesu bahūnaṃ divasānaṃ accayena amhākaṃ bodhisatto mahābhinikkhamanaṃ nikkhamitvā paṭividdhasabbaññutaññāṇo anukkamena dhammacakkaṃ pavattetvā pañcavaggiyatthere arahatte patiṭṭhāpetvā yasakulaputtappamukhe pañcapaññāsajane sahāyake vinetvā saṭṭhi arahante "caratha bhikkhave cārikan"ti vissajjetvā tiṃsabhaddavaggiye vinetvā uruvelakassapassa vasanaṭṭhānaṃ gantvā vasanatthāya agyāgāraṃ pavisitvā tattha gatanāgadamanādīhi aḍḍhuḍḍhasahassehi pāṭihāriyehi uruvelakassapaṃ saparivāraṃ vinetvā pabbājesi. Tassa pabbajjāvidhānañca iddhipāṭihāriyakaraṇañca sabbaṃ nadīkassapassa apadānaṭṭhakathāyaṃ āvi bhavissati. Tassa pabbajitabhāvaṃ sutvā itarepi dve bhātaro saparisā āgantvā satthu santike pabbajiṃsu. Sabbeva te iddhimayapatta- cīvaradharā ehibhikkhukā ahesuṃ. Satthā taṃ samaṇasahassaṃ ādāya gayāsīsaṃ gantvā piṭṭhipāsāṇe nisinno ādittapariyāyadesanāya te sabbe arahatte patiṭṭhāpesi.